Relationship Upgrade: Difference between revisions

* Occurs at the end of episode 18 of ''[[D.N.Angel]]'' between Daisuke and Riku.

* In ''[[Fairy Tail]]'', {{spoiler|Alzack and Bisca are revealed to have gotten married after the time skip}}. {{spoiler|Sherry is also engaged to Ren after the Oracion Seis arc hints at them getting together.}}

* Guts and Casca from ''[[Berserk]]'' go from [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork|teeth-clenched comrades]] to [[Fire-Forged Friends]] in volume 8 and then finally to [[Official Couple]] status when they share [[The Big Damn Kiss|their first kiss]] in volume 9 {{spoiler|progressing to much lovemaking soon after}}. And then {{spoiler|[[From Bad to Worse|it all started to come tumbling down]] in volumes 12-14 when they were demoted from [[Battle Couple]] to [[Star-Crossed Lovers]].}}

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* [[Superman|Clark and Lois]] were casually dating already, but the Relationship Upgrade happens in "Krisis of the Krimson Kryptonite", when he proposes. [[Word of God]] is that originally she was supposed to turn him down because of her torch for Superman and [[Status Quo Is God|status quo would be God]], but then they realised that simply wasn't the Lois they were writing any more.

* [[Marvel]] Comic characters Rictor and Shatterstar spent a few years seeming like [[Heterosexual Life Partners]], with the author planning to reveal that they weren't so hetero after all. He got moved off the book before this could happen, and it wasn't until much later that another writer had them finally start dating.

 

== [[Film]] ==

* Modesty Blaise and her sidekick in the [[Modesty Blaise (film)|1967 movie version]] (and they ''sing'' about it). This is one of the reasons [[The Movie]] is considered [[Canon Discontinuity]].

* In ''[[Kung Fu Panda 2]]'', Tigress has changed from a bitter [[The Resenter|resenter]] of Po becoming the Dragon Warrior, to his best friend with some [[Ship Tease]] of becoming still more to him.

 

== [[Literature]] ==

** Harry and Ginny.

** Same with Ron and Hermione in Book 7.

* In [[Jack Chalker]]'s "In the Dowaii Chambers," two characters had a very abrupt one thanks to [[Applied Phlebotinum]]. They'd been nothing more than acquaintances, then had [["Glad to Be Alive" Sex]], and '''then''' an [[Exposition Beam]] gave them the entire life memories of a long-ago couple who were happily married for some four or five decades.

 

* ''[[Scrubs]]'' dabbled with this repeatedly in the relationship between JD and Elliot. At one stage they even became [[Friends with Benefits|no-strings-attached "sex buddies"]], which JD says is the best thing a man can hear from a female friend. They receive their true Relationship Upgrade into [[Official Couple]] during the final (well technically there's another season, but in truth it's really more of a spin off setting/content-wise) season, one that is clean and without any drama mucking it up (aside from one bit of drama that arbitrarily arises during the two-part episode, but that is mostly to make way for a strong [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] at the end).

* In the middle of the final season of ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]'', Major Nelson finally drops the [[Idiot Ball]] and confesses his feelings for and to Jeannie.

* ''[[Babylon 5]]'': John Sheridan and Delenn get theirs in "[[Babylon 5/Recap/S03/E11 Ceremonies of Light and Dark|Ceremonies of Light and Dark]]" when he tells her, "...I can no longer imagine my world without you in it." Although they don't get their [[Big Damn Kiss]] until eight episodes later, from that episode on, they are for all intents and purposes together romantically.

* The writers and actors of ''[[Castle]]'' didn't even try to hide the fact that Beckett and Castle were eventually going to become a couple; the tension (which was arguably the primary driving force behind the show) was in seeing how. {{spoiler|As of season four's finale, "Always", it finally happened. It remains to be seen how future seasons will handle their relationship upgrade}}

 

== [[Video Games]] ==

* In the ''Persona'' series, it's reaching a certain rank in your social link with a girl (or boy, if you're playing ''P3P''). You're given the option to pursue a closer relationship. This can happen with every girl you Social Link with, and if you're already dating one, there's no reason why you can't date more. Christmas Eve is also sort of like this - one of your girlfriends (or the girl you have the highest s-link with) will call you and invite themselves over, [[Fade to Black|and...]]

** ''[[Persona 4]]'' and the Female Protagonist route in ''[[Persona 3]] Portable'' are unique in that it's optional and you the player can choose to take the upgrade.

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* In ''[[Slightly Damned]]'', Buwaro and Kieri ''finally'' kiss after Buwaro gets seriously injured trying to defend Kieri.

* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'': After a lot of [[Ship Tease]], Parley's experience with the ghost of Jeanne leads her to finally [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=785 admitting her feelings for Andrew].

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

** Subverted in the movie. Isabella kisses Phineas at the end but then they're both exposed to an amnesia ray that wipes both their memories of the event.

* [[Troubled but Cute|Duncan]] [[Birds of a Feather|and]] [[Perky Goth|Gwen]] from ''[[Total Drama World Tour]],'' who unfortunately got together by cheating on Duncan's current girlfriend [[Well, Excuse Me, Princess!|Courtney.]]

 

== [[Real Life]] ==